"Breaking Bad" went out with a bang on Sunday night as the show's series finale generated record ratings.

According to AMC, the 75-minute swan song delivered 10.3 million viewers. That's a remarkable 300 percent increase over last year's season finale.

Even the "Talking Bad" post-show discussion program was a big hit, drawing an audience of 4.4 million.

And in a sign of the social media times, "Breaking Bad" generated 1.24 million tweets from 601,370 unique users, according to AMC. The show hit a peak of 22,373 tweets-per-minute just as the episode began in the East, and at last count, a Bryan Cranston tweet -- "Well, this is it... Thank you for sharing this ride with me..." -- had generated more than 51,000 retweets and nearly 34,000 "favorites."

Trending topics on Twitter related to the show included #GoodbyeBreakingBad, #AMC, #BreakingBad, #BreakingBadFinale, #Heisenberg, #HelloGretchen and #GoodbyeLydia.

Reflecting on the robust numbers, AMC president Charlie Collier said in a statement, "

" ... We're proud that AMC will forever be known as the birthplace and home of this iconic show and, at the same time, we tip our Heisenberg hat to the fans who made this a truly shared experience."